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Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2R in Nizhneangarsk: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1976 at 1332 LT
Type of aircraft:
PZL-Mielec AN-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-32464
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Nizhneangarsk – Novy Uoyan – Angarakan – Nizhneangarsk
MSN:
1G99-31
YOM:
1969
Location:
Nizhneangarsk
Republic of Buryatia
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
5
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Aircraft flight hours:
6144
Circumstances:
On approach to Nizhneangarsk Airport, the crew encountered low clouds. The visibility was limited and the crew lost visual contact with ground. While at an altitude of 150 metres, the airplane struck tree tops and crashed in flames in a wooded area located 4 km short of runway. The aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire and while two passengers were seriously injured, all five other occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
The accident was the consequence of the crew’s violation of the rules for flight operations in accordance with the published procedures established by ULP. Weather and ATC were not considered as contributing factors.

Crash of an Antonov AN-2 in Anadyr

Date & Time: Jun 9, 1976
Type of aircraft:
Antonov AN-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-23743
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
MSN:
1 37 473 11
YOM:
1954
Location:
Anadyr
Chukotka okrug
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances while flying in below weather minimums. There were no casualties.

Crash of a Lisunov LI-2 near Karakulino: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 6, 1976
Type of aircraft:
Lisunov LI-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-13345
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Government
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Moscow - Tyumen
MSN:
2 34 419 01
YOM:
1952
Location:
Karakulino
Republic of Udmurtia
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Aircraft flight hours:
5444
Circumstances:
The crew encountered turbulences in flight and decided to continue at a relative low altitude of 290 metres. After four hours of flight, fuel reserves were low and the left engine started to misrunning. The captain decided to reduce his altitude and to attempt an emergency landing when, at a height of 45 metres, the aircraft struck five telephone steel cables with a diameter of 4,3 mm. The airplane stalled and crashed on the shore of the Kama River. All four crew members were killed.

Crash of an Antonov AN-26 in Khandyga

Date & Time: May 23, 1976
Type of aircraft:
Antonov AN-26
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-26567
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
MSN:
57303801
YOM:
1975
Location:
Khandyga
Republic of Yakutia (Sakha)
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
On approach to Khandyga Airport, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances six km short of runway threshold. There were no casualties while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2R in Tula

Date & Time: Apr 22, 1976
Type of aircraft:
PZL-Mielec AN-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-01626
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
1G82-20
YOM:
1967
Location:
Tula
Tula oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
En route, the pilot made a mistake in handling the fuel system, causing the engine to flame out. The aircraft crash landed in a field near Tula and was damaged beyond repair. There were no casualties.
Probable cause:
Pilot error.

Crash of an Antonov AN-2SKh near Kursk: 1 killed

Date & Time: Apr 17, 1976 at 0950 LT
Type of aircraft:
Antonov AN-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-33170
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Spraying (Agricultural)
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Kursk - Kursk
MSN:
1145 473 04
YOM:
1960
Location:
Kursk
Kursk oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Aircraft flight hours:
7750
Aircraft flight cycles:
22756
Circumstances:
On a crop spraying flight for the kolkhoz (collective farm) "Oktyabr" at Besedino (Kursk district of the Kursk region) when lifted off at low speed after a take off run of 300 metres (the crew had neglected the influence of the tail/cross wind). The aircraft stalled at a height of some 10-15 metres and crashed 235 metres behind the runway threshold, about 15 km east of Kursk. A pilot was killed while the second occupant was seriously injured.
Probable cause:
Premature liftoff on part of the pilot-in-command.

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2TP near Kazashinsk: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 11, 1976 at 1039 LT
Type of aircraft:
PZL-Mielec AN-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-09675
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Cargo
Survivors:
No
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Karam - Kazashinsk
MSN:
1G76-09
YOM:
1966
Location:
Kazashinskoye
Irkutsk oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Aircraft flight hours:
9233
Circumstances:
The single engine airplane was completing a cargo flight from Karam to Kazashinskoye, carrying two passengers, two pilots and a load of 1,194 kilos of potatoes. While in normal cruise, the crew informed ATC he was diverting to Yukhta for unknown reasons. Few minutes later, while flying in snow falls, the airplane struck trees and crashed in flames on the slope of a mountain located about 63 km north of Kazashinskoye. As the radio contact was lost and the airplane failed to arrive at destination, SAR operations were initiated but eventually suspended after few days as no trace of the aircraft nor the four occupants was found. The crew of an helicopter localized the wreckage on 21 June 1976. It was determined that the airplane struck trees at an altitude of 800 metres, got a little altitude then crashed 60 metres further in a forest. At the time of the accident, the visibility was probably below 2 km and below minimums.
Probable cause:
The decision of the crew to continue the flight in below weather minimums (snow falls) and not returning to his departure point. The accident was the consequence of a controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of an Antonov AN-24RV in Saratov

Date & Time: Mar 10, 1976
Type of aircraft:
Antonov AN-24
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-46613
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Ufa – Saratov
MSN:
3 73 086 10
YOM:
1973
Location:
Saratov-Tsentralny
Saratov oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
52
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
On a night approach to Saratov-Tsentralny Airport, the pilot allowed the aircraft to drop below the glide path. The twin engine aircraft hit the runway surface with a positive acceleration of 2.35 g, bounced and nosed down prior to hit the runway a second time with a positive acceleration of 3 g. The aircraft went out of control, veered off runway to the left and came to rest in flames in a grassy area. While the aircraft was destroyed, all 57 occupants were evacuated safely.
Probable cause:
Wrong approach configuration on part the of the crew who failed to follow the approved and published procedures.

Crash of an Ilyushin II-18E in Verkhnyaya Khava: 111 killed

Date & Time: Mar 6, 1976 at 0058 LT
Type of aircraft:
Ilyushin II-18
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-75408
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Moscow - Yerevan
MSN:
186 0092 01
YOM:
1966
Flight number:
SU909
Location:
Verkhnyaya Khava
Voronezh oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
11
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
100
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
111
Aircraft flight hours:
21587
Aircraft flight cycles:
9082
Circumstances:
While cruising by night at an altitude of 7,800 metres, the electrical system failed, causing several instruments to fail, among them gyros. Control was lost and the airplane entered a dive and eventually crashed in a nose-down angle of 70° in an open field located 150 metres from the village of Verkhnyaya Khava, about 50 km northeast of Voronezh. Some debris of the airplane were found at a depth of 14 meters. It disintegrated on impact and all 111 occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
The 36 volts electrical system failed in flight, causing the automatic pilot system to fail as well as instruments such as gyros. Investigations were unable to determine the exact cause of the electrical system's failure. While flying by night and in a visibility reduced by clouds, the crew was unable to have visual references and lost control of the airplane after suffering a spatial disorientation.

Crash of a Tupolev TU-104A in Irkutsk: 24 killed

Date & Time: Feb 9, 1976 at 0805 LT
Type of aircraft:
Tupolev TU-104
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-42327
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Irkutsk – Novosibirsk – Sverdlovsk – Leningrad
MSN:
6 66 002 01
YOM:
1956
Flight number:
SU3739
Location:
Irkutsk-Intl
Irkutsk oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
104
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
24
Aircraft flight hours:
22069
Aircraft flight cycles:
10308
Circumstances:
At liftoff, the right wing dropped and the airplane rolled to the right to an angle of 70°, causing the right wing to struck the snow covered ground 129 metres to the right of the runway. Out of control, the airplane crossed a taxiway, passed behind an air Koryo TU-154 that just landed (some debris struck the TU-154) and came to rest in flames, broken in three, 232 metres further. The wreckage was found 180 metres southeast of the runway end. 78 people, among them a stewardess, were injured, 12 people were unhurt. 24 occupants were killed, 15 passengers and nine crew members.
Probable cause:
The loss of control after rotation was caused by the combination of an asymmetrical fueling and pilot errors. It was determined that there was a difference of 1,500 kg of fuel between both wing tanks; 1,500 kg more in the right wing tank than the left wing tank, causing an excessive weight in the right wing. An excessive angle of attack after rotation above the allowable values and the lack of reaction from the pilot-in-command who failed to correct the situation for a period of eight seconds, caused the aircraft to reach an excessive right roll angle of 70° and to crash.
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